REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KUPANG -- A moderate earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale jolted West Sumba district in East Nusa Tenggara province at 1.44 pm Central Indonesia Standard Time (WITA) on Tuesday.
Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located at 9.97 degrees Southern Latitude and119.55 degrees Eastern Longitude.
The epicenter is located some 23 km southeast of West Sumba district at a depth of 10 km under the sea level.
Data and information from the BMKG showed that in the past few days the area has been jolted by moderate to stronger earthquakes.
The Indonesian archipelago suffers frequent earthquakes, lying in an area of intense seismic activity where several tectonic plates collide.
Earlier on Sunday an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Bengkulu Provincey at 9:14 am West Indonesia Standard Time (WIB).
The quake's epicenter was located at 61 km southwest Bengkulu, or 4.32 degrees southern latitude and 102.09 degrees eastern longitude, analyst of the Fatmawati airport meteorology station Anjasman, said here, Sunday.
"The depth of the earthquake was 16 km. The public should not be worried," he said.
He called on the local inhabitants to anticipate aftershocks following the magnitude-5.9 earthquake.
Local residents of the districts of Central Bengkulu, Seluma and North Bengkulu as well as Bengkulu city, felt the tremor strongly.
Partini, a local inhabitant, said she fell into a ditch while the earthquake occurred.
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